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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT] [it-IT]Displays[it-IT]	Dorrit Boehm Remove from selection Add to selection Numero oggettoM2017/043:022 TitoloDorrit Boehm DescrizioneProfessional photo of Dorrit Boehm (later Mahemoff), age two. Dorrit Mahemoff (nee Boehm) was born on the 27th of April, 1940 in Shanghai, China. Her parents, Irene and Edgar Boehm, were Jewish refugees from Germany. In 1939, the Boehms escaped persecution in Europe to Shanghai, which was one of the only ports in the world that did not require a visa. The family was interned in the Hongkew Ghetto by the Japanese, where Dorrit’s father, Edgar, worked as a waiter. In 1946, Edgar’s sister, Alice, sponsored the family’s immigration to Australia. After spending three months in transit in Hong Kong, they arrived in Australia on the 28th of October 1946. Luogo di produzioneShanghai, China Data 1942-11 - 1942-11 SoggettoShanghai, China, children, refugees Nome oggettophotographs Materialepaper Tecnicaphotography Dimensioni width: 100.00 mm length: 125.00 mm Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Dorrit Mahemoff

Numero oggettoM2017/043:022

TitoloDorrit Boehm

DescrizioneProfessional photo of Dorrit Boehm (later Mahemoff), age two. Dorrit Mahemoff (nee Boehm) was born on the 27th of April, 1940 in Shanghai, China. Her parents, Irene and Edgar Boehm, were Jewish refugees from Germany. In 1939, the Boehms escaped persecution in Europe to Shanghai, which was one of the only ports in the world that did not require a visa. The family was interned in the Hongkew Ghetto by the Japanese, where Dorrit’s father, Edgar, worked as a waiter. In 1946, Edgar’s sister, Alice, sponsored the family’s immigration to Australia. After spending three months in transit in Hong Kong, they arrived in Australia on the 28th of October 1946.

Luogo di produzioneShanghai, China

Data 1942-11 - 1942-11

SoggettoShanghai, China, children, refugees

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Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Dorrit Mahemoff

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